News Details

Vettel facing 'grim' Japanese GP

Toto Wolff was in confident mood after Mercedes outmanoeuvred Ferrari to put Lewis Hamilton on pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, with Sebastian Vettel facing a "grim" race from ninth on the grid as a result of the Scuderia's tyre gamble backfiring. Ferrari fitted Vettel and Kimi Raikkonen with intermediate tyres after a brief shower, but the track was not wet enough and the red cars had to immediately pit for slicks, all the while Hamilton was touring the track in one minute and 27.760 seconds to secure his eighth pole of 2018 and 80th in total. Wolff branded Mercedes' move to go for slicks immediately a "masterstroke" – however, the remaining six cars...
Full Story »
7y ago from GPFans.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton on pole in Japan as Ferrari blunder leaves...

Lewis Hamilton took the second pole position of his career at the Suzuka...

Lewis Hamilton takes Suzuka pole, Sebastian Vettel...

Lewis Hamilton spearheaded a Mercedes 1-2 during qualifying for the...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Ferrari blunder gifts Suzuka pole to Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton eased to pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix, with...
7y ago from GPFans.com

Sebastian Vettel defends Ferrari's Q3 Intermediates...

Sebastian Vettel defended Ferrari’s decision to take on...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Fermin Aldeguer to miss MotoGP season opener in...

Gresini Ducati has confirmed Fermin Aldeguer will miss the opening round...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marco Bezzecchi satisfied with ‘smaller’...

Marco Bezzecchi admits the Aprilia bike has slightly improved “in all...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Honda confirms early discussions for 2028 factory...

Honda, one of two engine manufacturers that supply IndyCar, has confirmed...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar announces multi-year extension with engine...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced a long-term continuation with both...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'I'm sure…' – Arsenal legend makes big...

Arsenal legend Martin Keown has responded to criticism of Gunners star...
40m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Labouring

1-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-2 1-1 1-2 1-0 3-2 0-0 4-0 1-1 That is a list of...
41m ago from Arseblog.com

'It's not easy' – Arteta opens up as Arsenal...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has acknowledged that summer signing Eberechi...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

0 shots, 0 dribbles, 0 key passes: Arsenal star's...

When Eberechi Eze joined Arsenal in the summer it looked like a perfect...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.